Blogger Valeria Chekalina, known as Larchek, asked Vladimir Putin for forgiveness. Her lawyer Konstantin Tretyakov told RIA Novosti about it.
Since the blogger received probation, the request was sent through the president's online reception and forwarded to the Federal Correctional Service, Tretyakov said.
Previously, Cheklin was sentenced to five years of probation and a fine of 763.5 million rubles in the case of withdrawing more than 250 million rubles to the United Arab Emirates. On November 5, the court in the city of Moscow confirmed the verdict; The defense appealed the dismissal.
In February, the blogger was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. She is now undergoing a second course of chemotherapy.